Ticket-dispensing machine.



P. MAGIDSON. TIGKET DISPBNSING MAGHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1912.

1,072,631 Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

UNITED FnANK naemsoxi, or New Yoan. N. Y.

Mexm-maremma Manni-NE.

` I-pecication of Letters Patent. application med may 17, 1912. sel-m No. 697,987.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

To all whom. t may concern: t

Be it known that I, FRANK MAorDsoN, a

j citizen of the United States, and a resident ing tickets or -checks from spools or rolls,

tickets of this character being extensively used at places of amusement, soda foun tains, etc. The tickets are usually torn off by `hand as they are sold, and there yis no means of accurately checking the ticket seller for the reason that the tickets are usuallyv dropped into choppers and completely mutilated.- vIf the ticket seller is disposed to appropriate some of the money taken in, or resell tickets, or Sell tickets other than those from the roll or spool, there is no adeguate way of detecting such fraudulent practice.

With thesimple and eliicient mechanism of the present invention the ticket roll is locked within the machine and the tickets .fare delivered therefrom as required and a register is operated once for every ticket projected from'- the casing, means being provided for severing each ticket from the strip, or for delivering two or more tickets and finally severing the total number purchased. The severing device is preferably carried by the means which actua-tes the delivery mechanism and the entire opera- "tion-'delivering and severingis accomplished by one movement. As the latter portion o such movement is utilized for the severing operation, it is only necessary to shorten or stop'the movement before 1t is completed when two or more connected or unsevered tickets are to be delivered. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved machine with one side of the casing removed, the delivery mechanism being shown in normal position. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the delivery vmechanism with the incloslng casing shown in section. Fig. 3 illustrates the strip-deliverin i wheel and actuating mechanism partly 1n elevationv and partly 1n section, the actuating mechanism being shown in .full lines at the completion of its ticket advancing movementv and in dotted lines at the completion of the strip severingmovement.

is separated by the `wardly and inwardly rounded ledge 18, and

` Fig. 4 is a view of the strip advancing mechanism, ortions of said mechanism and of the inclosing casing being shown in front elevationand portions thereof in section. Fig. 5 is a detail of the ticket severing device. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail of a portion of the delivery wheel periphery.

Referring to the drawing, 2de`s1gnates a base which4 carries the entire mechanism, and 3 are the side plates of the spool or roll magazine, the plates being preferably of circular outline and provided with a. removable rim-like cover 4 which may be secured by a suitable lock 5. At the inner faces of lates 3 are uprights 6 which are bifurcated downwardly from their upper ends at 6 for the insertion of trunnions or journals 7" of the s ool or reel center 7 which carries the rol ed strip A. The roll is thus accurately" held, is freely rotatable, and may be readily inserted or removed although'tampering therewith is prevented by the locked cover. Mounted on base 2 at one side of the roll-inclosin casing is the mechanism for dispensing e tickets, said mechanism being inclosed by extensions 3 of side plates 3 and extension 4 of the top plate 4, Cover parts 4 and 4 preferably comprise a single piece or casting which at `its forward end has hook-like engagements 5 with the xed portion of the casing, and' at its rear end is secured by lock 5. l

The ticket delivery wheel 8 is 'ournaled between uprivhts 9 on base 2, an secured' to said wheelD is the ratchet wheel 10 provided with ratchet notches'lO. lilmbracing wheel 8 and adapted to oscillate on the wheel kspindle 9 is a yoke-like frame 11 provided with an outwardly projecting handle 12 which extends through and is movable in slot 13 of cover part 4. Pivoted to one side of yoke 11 is dog 14 which is held normally projected against the periphery of ratchet wheel 10 by sprin 14 and in position to engage one or anot er of teeth 10 as handle 12 is moved forwardly as in Fig. 3 from 'Y the position shown in Fig. 1, movmgwith it delivery wheel 8. kAt the frontend of the casing is slot 15 through whlch the tickets are projected. At theA bottom of the slot is inwardly extending ledge 16 which slot 17 from the upat the center of the latteris lip 18 which projects into groove 8` ink the center of the periphery of wheel 8, said lip deHecting-th ticketstrip outwardly from the wheel over' ledges 18 and 16 and through slot 15. The' ticket strip is held onk the periphery of the wheel by the curved plate or band 19 which is hinged at its forward end at 19 to ledge,

18, and atY its freesend it` is held depressed against the wheel and strip by springs 20. In addition to holding the strip in place band 19. serves .as a brake for the wheel, preventing it from moving excepting when positively propelled. Movement of the ratchet-carrying yoke 11 into the full line position of Fig. 3 from the position shown in Fig. 1 advances the delivery wheel a dis'- tance suiiicient to project one ticket B` through slot 15,"and by the time the' full line position of Fig. 3 is reached dog 14` is disengaged from ratchet wheel 10 by the fixed upright or post 21, so that @rther downward movement oframe 11 is had independently of the delivery wheel. A knife or cut ter 22 projecting from frame 11 overhangs the strip when the mechanism is in the full -line positin of Fig. 3, so that by depressing handle 12 into the dottedy line position of said view. the knife is projected through the strip and into slot 17 .and coperates with ledges 16 and 18 in cutting or tearing the strip and thereby severing the projected ticket. Part 22 is preferably triangular in from each other by stopping the movement of handle 12 when it reaches the full line position of Fig. 3, permitting frame 11 and its handle to be returned by spring 23 to the position of Fig. 1, repeating this operation for each ticket to be projected .and finally fully depressing handle 12 for severing the desired number from the strip.

A register mechanism 24, of usual or any preferred construction, is arranged with lits dial 2.5 exposed through thecasing of the machine, preferably slightlybelow delivery slot 15, the register being operated^by arm 26 which is held normally raised by spring 26. This arm projects into the path of a series of lugs 27 on wheel 8, there being one lug for each ticket length, so that each time the wheel is turned a sutlicient distance to project a ticket the register is operated, lugs 27 clearing arm 26 after depressing it and permitting it to be returned by spring 26 to position for another operation. i

Thelperiphery of wheel 8 is of channel form, being constructed with the sloping side flanges 30. At the inner sides ofthese flanges arethe wedge-shaped lugs 31 having the straight base portions 31 forpositively engaging the notches A of ticket strip A. Flanges 30 and the wedge-like lugs 31 insure accurate engagement of the wheel wtih the notched strip, and the straight base portions 31 of the lugs positively holdI the strip, this hold being aided by the curved plate 19. The delivery Wheel here shown is claimed in my application led February 8,1912, Serial No. 676,242.- l

Iclaim: 1. In a ticket dispensing machine, the

vcombination ofa ticket delivering wheel, an

oscillating device adapted when moving in one direction to connect with and propel the wheel, means for disengaging the device lfrom the wheel before said device completes its travel in -the direction in which it moves when propelling the wheel, and means car-I ried by said device and actuated thereby after. disengaging the wheel -for severing thedelivered ticket.

2. In a ticket 4dispensing machine, the combination of a ticket delivering wheel, a frame adapted. to oscillate concentrically with the wheel, a cutter carried by the frame, ratchet mechanism connectingv the :trame and wheel. for rotating' the latter, means for disengaging the ratchet connection,

andxed means with which the cutter co operates -after the ratchet connection with the wheel is released for severing the ticket. 3. In a ticket `dispensing machine, the

combination of a ticket delivering Wheel, a

ratchet wheel movable therewith, an oscillatin-g frame, a sprin -pressed dog on the frame adapted norma ly to engage one or another of the ratchet wheel teeth, a ixed device in the path of the dog for disengaging the latter from the ratchet wheel, a cutter carried by the frame, and a fixed means with whichy the cutter coperates after ^the dog has been disengaged from the ratchet wheel.

In testimon whereof I aix my signature in presence o two witnesses.

s y FRANK MAGIDSON. Witnesses:

F. E. GAITHER, J. M. Nnsr'r. 

